Yeah, I wasn't even close and the Saints weren't either, losing 26-17.

Remember this is my opinion article, and I always stick to what I say. The loss to the Seahawks was bad because they're just the best team in the NFL. As for the loss to the Rams, that was downright ugly and embarrassing. I know that old saying "Any team can win on any given Sunday" blah blah blah, but it's easy to win when you make it easy for the other team.

You know that other old saying, "Anything that could go wrong, will go wrong?" Yes, Murphy's Law.

Well, that happened to the Saints Sunday.

Look, I'm not picking on them because they feel the same about that loss. Let’s be honest, you can't lose like that trying to clinch the NFC South.

It started pretty decent as the Saints defense got the Rams to punt on their opening drive, but it went downhill from there.

On the Saints’ first play on offense, Drew Brees threw an interception.

Right there is when everyone started having flashbacks of their loss to the Rams in 2011.

The next Saints’ possession, Brees moved it down the field and had them in scoring position until he threw one into triple coverage, and it was picked off in the end zone.

It’s safe to say it just wasn't a great day for the offense.

Brees struggled and so did the offensive line. They had a few penalties and allowed Brees to get sacked four times. It got so bad that Sean Payton took left tackle Charles Brown out the game because he had a hard time blocking Robert Quinn and got penalized a few times.

The Saints fell behind 17-0, which meant they had to abandon the running game and have Brees throw it 56 times. Jimmy Graham was very quiet with two catches for 25 yards. The credit goes to the Rams for bracketing Graham for most of the game.

The one positive was Marques Colston, who caught nine balls for 92 yards and a touchdown. Not many positives outside of that for the offense.

The defense took a step backward after shackling the Panthers a week earlier. There were a lot of missed tackles and coverage wasn't there for most of the game. They just couldn't get off the field on third down as the Rams were 7-of-14 converting on that down.

The Saints didn't look like the sixth ranked defense in the NFL. They allowed Kellen Clemens to remain comfortable throughout the entire game. In fact, the Saints didn't record a sack for the first time under Rob Ryan.

Zac Stacy ran all over the place for 133 yards, and on his 40-yard run, the Saints missed tackles. It was just like the Rams first score of the game when Cory Harkey went 31 yards down the sideline with the Saints just unable to tackle him.

Like I said, nothing really went right, even on special teams.

Jeff Fisher rolled the dice and went for an onside kick in the first quarter, and the Rams got it. On the other end of the spectrum, Garrett Hartley had a 36-yard field goal blocked and missed one from 26. I'm interested to see if Payton challenges Hartley by bringing in some kickers like he did the week they were preparing for the 49ers.

Look, I don’t need to say it, but they have to figure out these road issues.

They're 3-4 on the road this season with one important game left away from the Superdome, which is at Carolina for the NFC South title.

There hasn’t been a bigger must-win game than next Sunday in Charlotte. If they play like they did against the Rams and Seahawks, they can kiss the division title goodbye and get ready to play on the road for the entire postseason.

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